Within recent years, demand as well supply of products to replace meat, so called meat alternatives, have increased. For future products, new plant-based protein sources are high interest. Protein from pea and especially algae provide huge potential for human nutrition the environment. To insight on consumers' opinions development this study investigated burgers compared traditional beef burger...

This research aims to investigate the influence of using cactus cladodes powder (CP) as a binder at three concentrations (1%, 3%, and 5%) on selected quality characteristics low-fat beef chicken burgers after formulation during freeze storage (-18 °C) for 100 days, in comparison control treatments without CP. Using CP 3% 5% influenced (p < 0.05) proximate composition formulated burgers, while 1...

The food demands of the United States (US) impart significant environmental pressures. The high rate of consumption of beef has been shown to be the largest driver of food-borne greenhouse gas emissions, water use and land occupation in the US diet. The environmental benefits of substituting animal products with vegetal foods are well documented, but significant psychological barriers persist i...